The Tale of Ichikawa Kun
In 2006, director Shunji Iwai made a documentary for the Japanese national treasure film director Ichikawa Kun, called "Ichikawa Kun Monogatari", following his best story shooting method, showing the master's life and the most beautiful love in front of the world, receiving a lot of praise, recently had the privilege of watching it, it is really very good.
Director Iwai said that the first time he talked to him (Ichikawa Kun), he felt that meeting the most talkative person in the world and having the opportunity to make such a documentary would be a rare blessing in his life. He respects him, he loves him, and he hopes to leave the moments of his life in front of the world, so that he can be close, understood, revered, and immortalized, and there will always be people who will miss his film works, reminisce about him, and have a good time about him.
A person, can dedicate his life to the industry he loves, excel in his own industry, be loved, respected and envied in his own industry, is a wonderful ability, in the world of film, it is even more rare, but director Ichikawa Kun he did it, not only in his own work to get a sense of achievement and fun, but also occupies a place in the history of world cinema, his strength, is not questionable "plagiarism".
Directed by Kun Ichikawa
To this end, director Shunji Iwai did not look for people related to director Ichikawa Kun like other directors who made documentaries, to interview and report on them, he used old photos, subtitle card picture displays, plus beautiful, wonderful background music, in a delicate and smooth way, to present everything about him, from time to time in important places, and also added the sound of the film machine turning to reflect this important feeling, to illustrate the particularity of certain fragments.
Finally, the collection of silent films, sound films, black-and-white films, and color films will show the life of director Ichikawa Kun, and even more will show a wonderful and extraordinary history of Japanese cinema, which is really delicate enough to make people shiver, and you will feel happy until the tears flow down unconsciously.
Perhaps, this is the real way of unfolding the story, the so-called documentary, is the interpretation of the story, there is no feeling that can make people move or emotional ups and downs, then that documentary, must not be a successful documentary, just like Kore-eda said, want to be true, not hypocritical.
Director Ichikawa Kun and Xia Shijun
In the documentary "The Tale of Ichikawa Kun" by director Iwai Shunji, he broke the convention, used his familiar way, made a refreshing and touching work, and with his most sincere heart, contributed a valuable, private love story about director Ichikawa Kun and Natsushi Wada, which is about the beauty of love and the truth of love. Love, to a certain extent, in the eyes of the director and the audience, is the most beautiful "myth".
Therefore, after watching "The Story of Ichikawa Kun", all that remains in my mind is the sincerity of director Ichikawa Kun and Ms. Natsushi Wada, just like Ms. Wada said that her script was only written for him, and he always respected her opinions and suggestions. The time they have been working together is the most perfect, the most unattainable "highlight", no one will ever fit like them, and no one will ever be able to shoot as many enviable works as they do.
Just like the sentence written in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, he wrote that the feelings that make people small are shameful, and the feelings that make people children are precious. In the love between director Ichikawa Kun and Wada Natsushi, director Ichikawa Kun is like a child, the more he lives, the more elf he lives, the more motivated he is, but he relies more and more on the right decision with Ms. Wada, as long as she feels that things are good and right, he must obey; what she feels is bad, he will definitely modify, that is, during the film shooting, he also absolutely believes in Ms. Wada's vision, and the necessary modifications must listen to her, because she is his "goddess of luck", and her determination will never go wrong.
Except for the last time, after Ms. Wada suffered from cancer and gave up writing, before leaving, he insisted that he must shoot Junichiro Tanizaki's "Fine Snow", without her adaptation, he would also shoot, he said, it is too late not to shoot, she not only agreed, but also modified the ending of the movie for him.
Let's eat together
Like a fine snow, Ms. Wada's life, elegant, intelligent and transparent, like the snowflakes that fall in winter, light, and fall. Even when he was leaving, he did not forget to do something very important for him, and they were still the most suitable fairy companions.
They can not only feel each other's presence, the importance of each other, but also complement, fit, moisturize, infect, they are Bob Dylan's eyes, can really feel the rain, not the rain wet people.
Love Iwai Shunji's films, love his documentaries, and more love is that he can shoot that beautiful love story out of the sincere heart, because that is the most important, the most important thing, usually not the people to tell the story, but silently shown, beautiful, unforgettable, important, in the eyes of the people who have love, sparkling.
Love, need a long way to go slowly, but also need to speak deeply, shallowly, the most beautiful documentary, the most beautiful love, the most beautiful "great achievements", but also in the wordless, the history of youth forever.
"The Tale of Ichikawa Kun" must be loved!
Beautiful and elegant Ms. Wada
Film inventory directed by Kun Ichikawa
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Animation directed by Kun Ichikawa